Description: The third in a series, "Before Midnight" continues a love story between two strangers, Celine and Jesse, who met on a train headed for Vienna. It's now nine years after their last rendezvous, and they are in their early forties in Greece.

Texas link: The film's director, Richard Linklater, was born in Houston and attended Huntsville High School and Bellaire High School. He studied at Sam Houston State University and Alvin Community College. He also founded the Austin Film Society in 1985, to showcase films from around the world that would not normally be shown in Austin.

Description: The third in a series, "Before Midnight" continues a love story between two strangers, Celine and Jesse, who met on a train headed for Vienna. It's now nine years after their last rendezvous, and ... more

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Pit Stop

Description: The film examines the lives of gay men in small-town America.

Texas link: Malaysian-born director Yen Tan is based in Austin and has received grants from the Austin Film Society. The film is also set in a small town in Texas.

Description: The film examines the lives of gay men in small-town America.

Texas link: Malaysian-born director Yen Tan is based in Austin and has received grants from the Austin Film Society. The film is also ... more

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Houston

Description:An alcoholic headhunter travels from Germany to Houston to recruit a CEO for a German company. Texas link: Not only is the film about Houston, and named after Houston, it was also filmed here.

Description: An alcoholic headhunter travels from Germany to Houston to recruit a CEO for a German company.
Texas link: Not only is the film about Houston, and named after Houston, it was also filmed ... more

This film won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at this year's festival. The award supports film projects that explore science and technology themes or depict scientists, mathematicians or engineers in engaging ways.

Description: Set in 1980, this film follows several young "nerds" as they try to make a chess program that can beat a human player.

Texas link: Director Andrew Bujalski filmed "Computer Chess" in Austin and received funding from the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund.

This film won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at this year's festival. The award supports film projects that explore science and technology themes or depict scientists, mathematicians or engineers in ... more

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A Teacher

Description: A teacher in Austin engages in an affair with one of her high school students, and begins to lose control.

Texas link: The film is set in Austin, and the director moved to while she was making the film. She writes about her experience here.